Reviewer’s disclaimer: I received an ARC of this book with a promise to review it upon completion of reading. Original target read and review by date was Dec. 23, but due to moving, it wasn’t feasible, thus it being reviewed this week.
Give Your Heart a Break by Helen Peterson is a surprisingly delightful, first-person POV rom-com/chick lit novel that caught me off guard. Generally speaking, I have difficulties with first-person POV romance novels, but have gotten to like them more, especially after reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels.
You are introduced to the protagonist, Rachel Thomas, as the book opens, working at an ad agency in New York City who is semi-wanting to dodge going out with her friends, knowing she should look for another guy to date, but not wanting to. Which is where she meets Mason Connor, who she quickly makes excuses to not talk to, despite the immediate attraction between them, and runs the risk of losing out on a seemingly-nice date.
Courtesy of her best friends, she ends up with Mason and the story tells us of the ups and downs of the relationship – including Mason’s manipulative ex who returns to cause problems for her.
The novel covers relationships of not only Rachel, but of her friends – one of whom gets married, one of whom gets engaged to be married and other surprises to be revealed. It has it’s light-hearted moments, the typical moments of gossip and girly bitch sessions but also more serious issues that affect relationships and how women feel when things go wrong in them. Helen Peterson definitely got the nuances down when it comes to how women react in certain situations.
I thoroughly enjoyed Helen’s debut novel – so much so that I read it in one night because I couldn’t put it down. It was very fast paced and kept pulling you along. Check it out if you’re looking for a good read.
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